January Recap & FIC
January was pretty good. My boy was home for three weeks of it. I baked him lots of cookies, and got him all set for his return to college with a doctor visit, a booster shot, and a covid test. He also got his second tattoo with his Christmas gift certificate. The girlfriend spent a lot of that time with us, so I did a lot of cooking for everyone.
My boy was reluctant to go back to school. And he called me the night of the second day of school to report that he and his friends were hanging out - with bongs and pot - and got busted. We’re still waiting to find out what the repercussions of that will be. This is such a fun age. ::rolls eyes::
We had a lot of sub-zero days in January, which meant the Super of my ancient building kept the heat cranked up to avoid frozen pipes. One day it was 88 degrees in my place, and 20 degrees outside, and I had to sleep with my window open so I didn’t die. Winter can be such a struggle, right? LOL!
I scanned a lot of pictures last month - I still have a ridiculous amount of them to do - and that led to a lot of scrapbooking. I created 16 layouts, most of them from my childhood (and about childhood pets), but I also did some pages about my boy. Here’s one of them:
My writing focus was all over the place in January. I did some random prompt fills, started a lot of fics I still haven’t finished, and did a lot of re-writing of the opening section of my
chocolateboxcomm fic, which I really need to get a move on with.
I also signed up for
trope_bingo for the first time in a long while. My usual modus operandi when dealing with a bingo is to write a fic and then see if it fits a square. It’s not the speediest method and I’m trying to work it a little different. We’ll see how that goes.
Here are the seven new fics I posted in January:
Title: Old and Gray
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Warning(s): fluffy domestic stuff
Summary/Prompt: Any, any, "I feel old."
In which John is feeling old, and Rodney tells him why that's okay.
Title: Backup (For the Backup)
Fandom: Prodigal Son
Series: Monster Hunters
Warning(s): high school monsters
Summary/Prompt: Prodigal Son, Malcolm Bright + any, Call for backup
In which Malcolm has some suspicions about the Shadyfell swim team, but he could never have guessed what was really going on.
Title: Side-Effects in Blue
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Warning(s): naked boys, pre-porn, implied sexy times
Summary/Prompt: Any, any, "Is it supposed to be that color?"
In which Rodney finds out John has a very intriguing post-Iratus side-effect.
Title: The Black and Blue Clue
Pairing: John Sheppard/Sherlock Holmes
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis/Sherlock
Series: Elementary, My Dear Sheppard
Warning(s): lots of bruises
Summary/Prompt: Any, any, bruised blue and black
In which John is injured while on a case but still manages to get Sherlock information he needs.
Title: The Road So Far
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Series: As Seen on TV
Warning(s): angels, hints of angsty backstories, missing kids
Summary/Prompt: People don't just disappear. Other people just stop looking for them. But not everyone. The McKays are sent to find out what happened to eleven kids who disappeared from the same house over a period of fifty-some years, with a little help from their uncles, Rodney's angel boyfriend, and some scientific know-how.
Title: 900 Acres of Freedom
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Series:
ficlet_zone: Cher - A Cowboy’s Work is Never Done;
whatif_au: western;
trope_bingo: western AU
Warning(s): John as a modern-day cowboy, that is all.
Summary/Prompt: Rodney is returning home to Freedom Ranch after two weeks of speaking engagements on behalf of the ranch and the Integrity Beef Alliance, but there's no time to sit and relax on a working cattle ranch.
Title: Breath of Fresh Air
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay (pre-slash)
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Challenges:
sga_saturday: fresh and
trope_bingo: happy ending
Warning(s): trapped, running out of breathable air
Summary/Prompt: Rodney is trapped in a tightly sealed room, running out of breathable air, and things are looking dire.
My boy was reluctant to go back to school. And he called me the night of the second day of school to report that he and his friends were hanging out - with bongs and pot - and got busted. We’re still waiting to find out what the repercussions of that will be. This is such a fun age. ::rolls eyes::
We had a lot of sub-zero days in January, which meant the Super of my ancient building kept the heat cranked up to avoid frozen pipes. One day it was 88 degrees in my place, and 20 degrees outside, and I had to sleep with my window open so I didn’t die. Winter can be such a struggle, right? LOL!
I scanned a lot of pictures last month - I still have a ridiculous amount of them to do - and that led to a lot of scrapbooking. I created 16 layouts, most of them from my childhood (and about childhood pets), but I also did some pages about my boy. Here’s one of them:
My writing focus was all over the place in January. I did some random prompt fills, started a lot of fics I still haven’t finished, and did a lot of re-writing of the opening section of my
chocolateboxcomm fic, which I really need to get a move on with.
I also signed up for
trope_bingo for the first time in a long while. My usual modus operandi when dealing with a bingo is to write a fic and then see if it fits a square. It’s not the speediest method and I’m trying to work it a little different. We’ll see how that goes.
Here are the seven new fics I posted in January:
Title: Old and Gray
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Warning(s): fluffy domestic stuff
Summary/Prompt: Any, any, "I feel old."
In which John is feeling old, and Rodney tells him why that's okay.
Title: Backup (For the Backup)
Fandom: Prodigal Son
Series: Monster Hunters
Warning(s): high school monsters
Summary/Prompt: Prodigal Son, Malcolm Bright + any, Call for backup
In which Malcolm has some suspicions about the Shadyfell swim team, but he could never have guessed what was really going on.
Title: Side-Effects in Blue
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Warning(s): naked boys, pre-porn, implied sexy times
Summary/Prompt: Any, any, "Is it supposed to be that color?"
In which Rodney finds out John has a very intriguing post-Iratus side-effect.
Title: The Black and Blue Clue
Pairing: John Sheppard/Sherlock Holmes
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis/Sherlock
Series: Elementary, My Dear Sheppard
Warning(s): lots of bruises
Summary/Prompt: Any, any, bruised blue and black
In which John is injured while on a case but still manages to get Sherlock information he needs.
Title: The Road So Far
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Series: As Seen on TV
Warning(s): angels, hints of angsty backstories, missing kids
Summary/Prompt: People don't just disappear. Other people just stop looking for them. But not everyone. The McKays are sent to find out what happened to eleven kids who disappeared from the same house over a period of fifty-some years, with a little help from their uncles, Rodney's angel boyfriend, and some scientific know-how.
Title: 900 Acres of Freedom
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Series:
ficlet_zone: Cher - A Cowboy’s Work is Never Done;
whatif_au: western;
trope_bingo: western AU
Warning(s): John as a modern-day cowboy, that is all.
Summary/Prompt: Rodney is returning home to Freedom Ranch after two weeks of speaking engagements on behalf of the ranch and the Integrity Beef Alliance, but there's no time to sit and relax on a working cattle ranch.
Title: Breath of Fresh Air
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay (pre-slash)
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Challenges:
sga_saturday: fresh and
trope_bingo: happy ending
Warning(s): trapped, running out of breathable air
Summary/Prompt: Rodney is trapped in a tightly sealed room, running out of breathable air, and things are looking dire.